Abstract
Objective To explore the effects of the Blackboard platform in Fundamentals of teaching and students' actual experience after using the Blackboard platform. Methods A historical control study was conducted in College of Nursing of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine from September 2015 to January 2016. In experimental group, 121 undergraduate nursing students of grade 2013 were taught by the combination of traditional classroom teaching and Blackboard platform. In control group, 130 undergraduate nursing students of grade 2012 were applied with traditional classroom teaching. After the course, examinations were performed to assess the theoretical knowledge and operational skills; and the self-made questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were conducted to evaluate the effects of the Blackboard platform in experimental group. Results The theory examination scores of the experimental group was (76.74±8.68) while the control group was (73.09±8.11) , there was a statistically significant difference between two groups (t=-3.44, P 0.05) . Nursing students in experimental group had a high degree of satisfaction with the Blackboard platform. More than 90% nursing students considered that application of the Blackboard platform in Fundamentals of could arouse their enthusiasm of learning (90.68%) , help them to better grasp the classroom learning content (95.76%) and improve the teaching effect (97.46%) . Semi-structured interview results indicated that the nursing students believed that Blackboard platform were helpful to their learning, and made it more convenient to interact with teachers. Conclusions The teaching practice of Fundamentals of based on Blackboard platform can arouse nursing students' learning interest. The teaching model has achieved good effects in both learning and teaching. Nursing students are satisfied with the model. It is necessary to update and improve the Blackboard platform teaching model in time. Key words: Education, nursing; Blackboard network teaching platform; Fundamentals of Nursing; Teaching model
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